Mikhail Lifshitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mikhail Lifshitz

Soviet academic

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1905

Place of Birth: Melitopol, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1983

Profession: painter, literary critic, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Lifshitz (Russian: ?????´? ??????´??????? ??´????; July 23, 1905, in Melitopol, Tavria (Crimea) – September 28, 1983, in Moscow) was a Soviet Marxian literary critic and philosopher of art who had a long and controversial career in the former Soviet Union.
In the 1930s, he strongly influenced Marxist views on aesthetics while being a close associate of György Lukács.
He also published important compilations of early Marxist literature on the role of art.
In 1975, he was elected as a full member of the USSR Academy of Arts.